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IDF soldiers killed in Rafah, hostage talks to wait for operation to finish

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  IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. June 11, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. June 11, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

VP Kamala Harris to screen documentary on Oct. 7 sexual assaults at White House

Sandberg visited Israel to make this film so that she could “let those silenced voices be heard.” Nevertheless, many still insist that they have not seen any convincing evidence of the assaults.

By HANNAH BROWN
 SHERYL SANDBERG at the memorial site of the October 7 Hamas massacre of young Israelis attending the Supernova party at Re'im (photo credit: RAN MENDELSON)
SHERYL SANDBERG at the memorial site of the October 7 Hamas massacre of young Israelis attending the Supernova party at Re'im
(photo credit: RAN MENDELSON)

US Vice President Kamala Harris will host a partial screening of "Screams Before Silence," the documentary created by Sheryl Sandberg about the horrific sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7.

The Screening will be at the White House on June 17 

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Barefoot and afraid: Yamam fighters recount dramatic rescue of Noa Argamani from Gaza - interview

"The moment we broke into the apartment where Noa was held, we encountered three terrorists there and quickly neutralized them, reaching Noa's room within seconds."

By SHLOMI HELLER
 Yamam fighters recount the moment that they rescued Noa Argamani from Hamas captivity during Operation Arnon, June 15, 2024. (photo credit: POLICE SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Yamam fighters recount the moment that they rescued Noa Argamani from Hamas captivity during Operation Arnon, June 15, 2024.
(photo credit: POLICE SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Watch: Three elite Yamam fighters who partook in Operation Arnon, describe their first moments after rescuing Noa Argamani, and being surrounded by terrorists on all sides.



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Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov: '120 hostages still in Gaza, I cannot be happy while they're there'

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum organized a rally earlier on Saturday, where they once again urged the government to accept any deal that would see the release of the remaining hostages.

By GADI ZAIG
Former hostage Andrey Kozlov recalls how footage of the rallies gave him strength in captivity and asks to do everything to briing the rest of the hostages home (HOSTAGES & MISSING FAMILIES FORUM)

Rescued hostage from "Operation Arnon," Andrey Kozlov, spoke in English in a video released by the Hostages and Families Forum on Saturday night, saying, "There are still 120 hostages in Gaza, and I cannot be happy as long as they are there."

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'Our hearts shatter into pieces': Netanyahu, politicians mourn death of eight IDF soldiers

"The heart breaks again and again. Condolences and a big hug to the families of the fighters who were killed today in Rafah," Opposition leader and Chairman of Yesh Atid Yair Lapid said.

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Yair Lapid, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (photo credit: FLASH90, Olivia Pitusi, REUVEN CASTRO)
Yair Lapid, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu, right.
(photo credit: FLASH90, Olivia Pitusi, REUVEN CASTRO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, and opposition leader Yair Lapid were among the many Israeli politicians who shared their condolences for the eight IDF soldiers who were killed in an explosion in Rafah.

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Watch: Israel Police publishes intense rescue of Noa Argamani under heavy fire

Israeli forces operated under heavy fire as they broke into the houses where Argamani and the other hostages were staying.

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 IDF footage of former Gaza hostage Noa Argamani being evacuated in a Black Hawk helicopter. June 8, 2024. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF footage of former Gaza hostage Noa Argamani being evacuated in a Black Hawk helicopter. June 8, 2024.
(photo credit: SCREENSHOT/IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Israel police share footage of elite Yamam operatives rescuing Noa Argamani from the heart of Nuseirat under fire from Hamas terrorists.

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Israeli Druze leader: Capt. Wassem Mahmoud joins a long list of fallen Druze in this war

The head of the Beit Jann Local Authority, Attorney Nazih Dabbour, announced that all planned celebrations of the Muslim and Druze holiday of Eid-al-Adha are to be cancelled.

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 Capt. Wassem Mahmoud (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
Capt. Wassem Mahmoud
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

"The Druze community pays once again a very heavy price in this war." Israeli Druze community leaders mourn death of Capt. Wassem Mahmoud in Gaza.

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Capt. Wassem Mahmoud, seven other IDF soldiers killed in Rafah blast

A preliminary investigation reveals that the incident occurred around five in the morning. IDF soldiers from the 401st Brigade had just completed an attack in Tal as-Sultan.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, AVI ASHKENAZI, PELED ARBELI
 Wassem Mahmoud (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Wassem Mahmoud
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

IDF announces Capt. Wassem Mahmoud, 23, from Beit Jann, and seven other IDF soldiers were killed in an explosion in an incident in Rafah. The IDF is investigating the incident.

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'Three fatal failures': Yair Netanyahu attacks IDF, Shin Bet, and Military Intelligence heads

In late May, Netanyahu's son posted a video on social media in which a masked and uniformed man threatened the prime minster.

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Yair Netanyahu makes a stormy appearance at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, December 2018.  (photo credit: AVSHALOM SHOSHANI)
Yair Netanyahu makes a stormy appearance at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, December 2018.
(photo credit: AVSHALOM SHOSHANI)

PM Benjamin Netanyahu's son, Yair Netanyahu, shared a video on Friday night that referred to Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi, Shin Bet Chief Ronan Bar, and Military Intelligence Chief Aharon Haliva as "three fatal failures," and blamed Benny Gantz for appointing them.

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IDF identifies terror launches from humanitarian shelters in Gaza Strip

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF reveals that terror organizations in the Gaza Strip launched five projectiles from a Humanitarian Area in central Gaza toward the area of Kibbutz Kissufim on Friday.

 IDF infographic explaining how Gaza-based terror organizations used humanitarian shelters to attack Israel, June 15, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT) IDF infographic explaining how Gaza-based terror organizations used humanitarian shelters to attack Israel, June 15, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)

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Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border communities

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Breaking: Rocket Sirens (photo credit: Courtesy)
Breaking: Rocket Sirens
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Rocket sirens sounded in Gaza border communities adjacent to the southern portion of the Strip on Saturday afternoon.

Sirens blared in Dekel, Holit, Sufa, Pri Gan, Sde Avraham, and Talmei Yosef.

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 120 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 43 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says